Albany manages just two hits in opening game of doubleheader

Staff reports

Published 11:40 pm, Monday, July 7, 2014

The visiting Amsterdam Mohawks continued their torrid pace, posting an 8-0 victory over the Albany Dutchmen in the first game of a Pefect Game Collegiate Baseball League doubleheader at Bob Bellizzi Field in Albany on Monday night.

The win was the Mohawks' seventh in a row and their 17th in their last 18 outings.

The Mohawks (19-7) banged out 12 hits on the way to the victory, while limiting the Dutchmen to just two hits.

Amsterdam took a 2-0 lead in the first on back-to-back RBI doubles by Josh Gardiner and JaVon Shelby. The Mohawks added five more runs in the third. Tim Kain had a run-scoring single and Jonathan Pryor brought home another run with a triple.